The 1994 Recopa Sudamericana was the sixth

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, an annual

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match between the winners of the previous season's

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and

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competitions. This year's edition pitted the defending champions

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against compatriots

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in a second, consecutive all-Brazilian final. Since São Paulo won both the 1993 Copa Libertadores and 1993 Supercopa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL invited Botafogo, winners of the 1993 Copa CONMEBOL, to participate in order to make this year's ''Recopa'' doable. São Paulo successfully defends the trophy as they defeated Botafogo 3-1 in

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to become the first ever team to win consecutive titles.Match details
on the RSSSF Juan Escobar Valdez became the first referee to direct two finals of the competition (having already done so in 1992).

Qualified teams

Match details

References

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